#CCB046#CCB046

#CCB046 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.128 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB046
RGB	rgb(204, 176, 70)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 65.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -1.82, 56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 56.21, 91.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0095 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.128 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5346, 44.3324, 12.1624)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB046 #4662CC

analogous

#CC6D46 #CCB046 #A5CC46

triadic

#CCB046 #46CCB0 #B046CC

tetradic

#CCB046 #46CC6D #4662CC #CC46A5

square

#CCB046 #46CC6D #4662CC #CC46A5

split-complementary

#CCB046 #46A5CC #6D46CC

monochromatic

#776521 #A78E2E #CCB046 #D9C476 #E6D9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CCB046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#CCB046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB046

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB046	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 176, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.128 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc77e',
    500: '#ccb046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb046;
$custom-light: #dfc77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76194,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB046

secondary

#9AA6D4

accent

#68E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB046

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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